A.C. Townley addresses a Nonpartisan League meeting crowd from a raised position, likely in Glencoe, Minn. An American flag hangs from the back of the building behind him, and cars and other buildings are visible beyond the crowd.

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A.C. Townley addresses a Nonpartisan League meeting crowd from a raised position, likely in Glencoe, Minn. An American flag hangs from the back of the building behind him, and cars and other buildings are visible beyond the crowd.

A.C. Townley was the founder of the Non-partisan League in 1914. This party was socialistically minded, and focused on the needs of small farmers. The party was successful in producing a governor, Lynn Frazier, in 1916. Frazier was recalled, and the party dwindled throughout the 1920s.